Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales
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Leccinum aeneum
Found in the California Sierra Nevadas. White cap flesh slowly stains purplish-gray or -brown, & stem flesh stains green by base. Likes manzanita, bearberry, & their relatives.
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Leccinum alaskanum
Found in Alaska. Dark brown to blackish, often mottled cap ages from velvety to slightly viscid. Whitish pores age to dull brown & bruise darker brown.
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Leccinum arbuticola
Brown/olive pores darken or stain pinkish-brown. White stem instantly stains blue & has spots that age to dark brown. Viscid-when-damp tan/brown cap may bruise blue, but white flesh stains red & then brown.
Read moreLeccinum arctostaphylos
A favorite of Alaskan foragers. White-pink cap flesh slowly stains gray to pale bluish gray. Likes kinnikinnick at higher elevations or bearberry in the tundra.
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Leccinum arenicola (“Sand Loving Leccinum”)
Grows in or near northern Atlantic coast beaches in sandy soil. Wrinkled, oft-cracked or fissured, orange to yellow-orange cap fades w/age.
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Leccinum areolatum
White cap flesh slowly stains lilac, resolving to purple-gray or blackish. Buff to yellowish pores have brownish zones & stain dark purplish- or brownish-gray. Likes birch & aspen.
Read moreLeccinum armeniacum (“Apricot Bolete”)
Cap is apricot-orange. Pores stain an odd lilac or flesh color. Stem is white with spots. Likes madrone.
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Leccinum aurantiacum (placeholder for deciduous mates)
Bright orange/red cap. White pores age toward brown, & stain brown or red-brown. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black.
Read moreLeccinum barrowsii
Found only in Santa Clara Canyon near Santa Fe, NM. Pale rose pink cap ages to grayish white. Inconspicuous white scabers on stem dry to dark gray. Likes conifers.
Read moreLeccinum californicum
White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores age to olive- or pink-buff & stain dark brown.
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Leccinum cf. carpini
Brownish cap (lighter at the edge) wrinkles & pits w/age, sometimes cracking. Cap flesh stains reddish, slowly darkening to purple-brown. Likes hornbeam (a/k/a ironwood).
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Leccinum chalybaeum
Very firm, shorter salt & pepper stem. Flesh bruises pinkish, aging toward dark purplish gray. Whitish pores are depressed by the stem & bruise olive/brownish. Likes sandy soil near oak.
Read moreLeccinum clavatum
Stem swells going down. White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores stain brown.
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Leccinum discolor
Whitish pores age to greenish yellow or olive-brown & bruise dark brown. White cap flesh stains pink to orange-brown, resolving to dark purple-brown or brown-black. Likes pine & aspen.
